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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Mesh Web Weavers (Dictynidae) » Emblyna » Emblyna cruciata
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KY spider 02 - Emblyna cruciata - male
Copyright © 2011 Brad Barnd

KY spider 02 - Emblyna cruciata - Male
Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA
May 27, 2011
Size: 2 mm
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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 1 June, 2011 - 8:15pm
Last updated 18 October, 2011 - 3:23pm

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 18 October, 2011 - 3:23pm login or register to post comments

Emblyna cruciata
After much research I am convinced that this is Emblyna cruciata (Emerton, 1888); see Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958, and Kaston, 1948, for drawings.



There were two more males of this same species in the vial. This specimen is somewhat lighter than the other two, which more closely hew to Chamberlin & Ivie's description (1958): "Abdomen is dusky on the sides, pale beneath, and has the dorsum mostly white, reticulated with gray, and occasionally with inconspicuous dusky markings."

-K
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 18 October, 2011 - 12:06pm login or register to post comments

Mesh Web Weavers (Dictynidae) ?
Is that what color it was? That's just a wild guess.
… Lynette Elliott, 3 June, 2011 - 9:40am login or register to post comments

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